NATURAL HIGH
Like Taylor Swift taught us, when things are bringing you down, you try to shake it off. Or run it off. Or box, lift and sweat it off, until you don’t think about it anymore. But can training really lift your mood and significantly improve your mental health?
The science seems to say yes – which is good news for the one in seven Aussies who experience depression, and one in four who will suffer from anxiety at least once in their lifetime.
Boost your brain
Melbourne Exercise Physiologist Jennifer Smallridge says the reason we feel so damn good post-workout is partly neurochemical. Your serotonin levels are boosted (that feel-good hormone) and your brain-derived neurotrophic factor increases
